Title
Approval to Accept a Fiscal Year 2024-E-911 Grant Amendment 1 from the Department of Finance and Administration Acting through the Local Government Division in an Amount Not To Exceed $367,632
Recommended Action
I move that Council approve the request to accept Fiscal Year 2024-E-911 Grant Amendment 1 from the Department of Finance and Administration acting through the Local Government Division in an amount not to exceed $367,632. I further move that Council direct the County Manager to execute the grant agreement.
County Manager's Recommendation
The County Manager recommends that Council approve the request to accept Fiscal Year 2024-E-911 Grant Amendment 1 from the Department of Finance and Administration acting through the Local Government Division.
Body
Approval to accept Fiscal Year 2024-E-911 Grant Agreement was approved by Council on June 27, 2023 not to exceed the amount of $356, 835.
The Enhanced 911 (E-911) Act, NMSA 1978, Section 63-9D-8 places oversight responsibility of the E-911 Program with the E-911 Bureau of the Local Government Division of the Department of Finance. The E-911 Bureau facilitates funding to local public bodies charged with operating E-911 Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) using grant agreements, of which the County of Los Alamos has been a recipient for several decades. On behalf of the grantees, the E-911 Bureau procures price agreements and pays vendors for goods and services provided, such as network access and database services, hardware, software, equipment maintenance, and training on E-911 and geographic information system (GIS) mapping. Each year the E-911 Program provides the services through a grant agreement. In Fiscal Year 2024, the E-911 Program began a project to upgrade the 911 system statewide to the Next Generation 911 ("NG911" or "NextGen911"). The NG911 system will use more IP based technology with more accurate call routing based on location of device, and capabilities of text and video, and t...
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